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A drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
posted by haplesschild to FanFare on Apr 22 at 1:45 PM
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Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay – and that she's pregnant.
posted by bunderful to FanFare on Apr 19 at 4:12 PM
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A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
posted by Carillon to FanFare on Apr 24 at 12:56 PM
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Every generation has their own dumbass ideas.
posted by Pong74LS to FanFare on Apr 21 at 4:42 AM
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It's the UK, but not as we know it: civilisation has rebuilt after an unspoken 'Something that Happened' five hundred years before. Society is now colour-based, the strict levels of hierarchy dictated by the colours you can see, and the economy, health service and citizen's aspirations all dominated by visual colour, run by the shadowy National Colour in far-off Emerald City.
posted by Literaryhero to FanFare on Apr 23 at 5:56 AM
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I know life can't have been easy up here.
posted by drewbage1847 to FanFare on Apr 12 at 9:46 PM
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The Wasteland's got its own Golden Rule.
posted by drewbage1847 to FanFare on Apr 14 at 7:33 PM
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It's a clip show! (It's not really a clip show) Moll and L'ak's new delaying tactic has Discovery jumping around in time, and it's up to Michael, Rayner, and Stamets to put things right without changing the past.
posted by hanov3r to FanFare on Apr 18 at 12:31 PM
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Storm is forced to face her worst fears in order to free herself. Meanwhile, Charles is forced to make nice with his future in-laws.
posted by 1970s Antihero to FanFare on Apr 18 at 2:53 PM
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[TRAILER] Just north of London live Wendy (Alison Steadman), Andy (Jim Broadbent), and their twenty-something twins, Natalie (Calire Skinner) and Nicola (Jane Horrocks).Andy attempts to fix up a food truck for a new business. Wendy tires to help family friend Aubrey (Timothy Spall) open a new restaurant. Cranky, on-the-dole Nicola butts heads with her hard-working sister Natalie and her wary lover (David Thewlis).
posted by DirtyOldTown to FanFare on Apr 22 at 7:44 AM
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Unblinking and unsettling, this documentary lays bare a mysterious process that goes on all around us - what happens to people who die with no next of kin.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon to FanFare on Apr 21 at 3:08 PM
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A quick-witted and courageous young woman framed for murder unexpectedly becomes the most notorious outlaw in 18th-century England. When a magical spirit called Billy appears, Nell realizes her destiny is bigger than she ever imagined.
posted by TheophileEscargot to FanFare on Apr 19 at 1:20 AM
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Two hundred years have passed since the beginning of the apocalypse. Leaving the atomic shelter that protected them will pave the way to an unknown world that will unleash a war for survival.
posted by Pong74LS to FanFare on Apr 21 at 4:49 AM
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This Netflix series follows Donny (Richard Gadd) on a downward spiral, as he meets a lonely woman named Martha (Jessica Gunning) who morphs from friend to stalker. Donny attempts to escape the grip of Martha's obsession, while trying to navigate the lingering effects of past trauma.
posted by dianeF to FanFare on Apr 23 at 5:45 AM
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Mariko arrives in Osaka for the fight of her life. Blackthorne and Yabushige scramble to save their own heads as their options dwindle.
posted by Molesome to FanFare on Apr 16 at 11:25 AM
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As the First Test nears its conclusion, Frieren and Denken finally clash in a battle of experienced mages. But it turns out that the elf has a trick up her sleeve - a trick that will get the attention of Serie herself...
posted by NoxAeternum to FanFare on Apr 20 at 2:46 AM
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After some observation, Chilchuck has figured out a pattern to the shifting of the floor's configuration, leading Team Touden to the exit - and to Teams Kabru and Shuro. However, the reunion between allies may not be a happy one when Shuro finds out what happened with Falin...
posted by NoxAeternum to FanFare on Apr 19 at 1:16 AM
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Maomao, a young apothecary raised and trained by her uncle and adoptive father Luomen, is kidnapped and sold into the service of the Imperial Court's Rear Palace - the "flower garden" where the Emperor's concubines are kept, along with the staff to maintain them. She tries to keep her head down in order to complete the term of indentured servitude she's been sold into - but a medical mystery winds up drawing her into the orbit of the eccentric master of the Rear Palace, Jinshi...
posted by NoxAeternum to FanFare on Apr 21 at 1:42 AM
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A failed comedy who voices a popular cartoon bear named Waldo finds himself mixing in politics when TV executives want Waldo to run for office.
posted by oh yeah! to FanFare on Dec 25, 2014 at 8:32 AM
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Ava Fest is back, and with the help of the teachers, Ava's set on outdoing last year by any means necessary; after Janine accepts the offer for a position at the district, she just has to check off one last thing to make it official.
posted by ellieBOA to FanFare on Apr 18 at 2:36 PM
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This came on HBO one afternoon and midway through I got off my dad's armchair and packed my things and moved out. Just couldn't take how I was wasting my time watching it, just watching anything that was on. My family was friends with a family who owned a video store, I'd watched endless stacks of films in the vhs era. But this was so bad that I... [more]
posted by Catblack to FanFare on Apr 23 at 12:57 PM
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Thorzdad, I think the clue is in the episode title. The vision of Anjin in his old age is a dream of the man marooned in Japan: a dream of returning to riches, glory, family and a prestigious life in England after defeating the Portuguese. That dream, the culmination of his original ambition, is completely abandoned during his showdown with... [more]
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul to FanFare on Apr 23 at 6:08 PM
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OK, I feel like if I leave it at that, it's sour in a way I don't want to be. So what I will say about this film is that it is not at all about the before or the how or the why of a civil war in the US; it is about the during. It is about making that chaos and violence a hell of a lot less abstract for Americans. It's about the... [more]
posted by DirtyOldTown to FanFare on Apr 17 at 8:56 AM
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Hey! We made it to the end of the series! And hey! My terrible boy Buntaro is still with us! So if you look back on my comments in previous threads you’ll notice I'm just a little bit obsessed with Buntaro. He's not my crush or anything (Yabushige heart eyes forever) but he does live rent-free in my head because the moment he drew his... [more]
posted by Parasite Unseen to FanFare on Apr 24 at 9:46 AM
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It felt very wrong to me that Lucy didn't do more scavenging of the Super Duper Mart at the end. Also that the Ghoul seemed like he was just going to load up his hat with drugs when he could have just taken that whole case. Aren't they going to regret not having this stuff later? Why yes I do have trouble with inventory management whenever I'm... [more]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm to FanFare on Apr 19 at 11:43 AM
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I once saw an interview with Stewart where someone asked him how he conveyed such sincerity. He said he learned a trick while working on Destry Rides Again. Marlene Dietrich told him that the secret to seeming sincere on film is: when you are interacting with someone, pick one eye and focus on that. Normal people look someone in the... [more]
posted by DirtyOldTown to FanFare on Apr 23 at 10:39 AM
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This really snuck up on me. It's enjoyable enough throughout its runtime, even as Horrocks' Nicola is, at first blush, a bit shrill and Spall's Aubrey can be cringe-inducing. By the end, though, it really pulls it all together, and you realize you've been watching a fairly layered rumination on what dreams mean for working people. Each of the... [more]
posted by DirtyOldTown to FanFare on Apr 22 at 8:06 AM
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Reno's "Are you stuck in a time loop, Stamets?" was such a perfect and perfectly delivered line I wish they'd run with it instead of backing off and making like it was a joke. [view]
posted by Pryde to FanFare on Apr 19 at 9:37 PM
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"We can get into a *good* vault" says a whole lot about what info Barb is privy to. [view]
posted by rmd1023 to FanFare on Apr 21 at 10:16 AM
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I am now firmly week by week release when it comes to shows, especially 45 to 60 minute episodes. I tuned into Fallout because of all the positive buzz I saw on social media, which has pretty much died out now. I finished it last night, but I think if I had been busy or just said "I'll pick this up later" I probably wouldn't have turned... [more]
posted by Atreides to FanFare on Apr 18 at 6:54 AM
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I will admit that I had a "Say the phrase, Bart"-meme celebration when Barb finally gave us the "War... War never changes" I had been craving since the first episode. [view]
posted by Parasite Unseen to FanFare on Apr 22 at 5:55 PM
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I loved this episode. This is a great use of the show's history and even if the production history of the show (and the quality of it) has varied so much, this was a great way to showcase how much the show itself has changed, as well as the characters. The Burnham/Burnham fight was great. The ongoing theme of "getting to know people is the... [more]
posted by crossoverman to FanFare on Apr 18 at 10:11 PM
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I'm not sure I'd sweat it all that much, Atreidies. The show is a bona fide hit and they're already scouting locations for season two. The advantage of The Dump strategy, especially for the first season of anything, is that one weaker episode (and there are weaker episodes) isn't going to turn into a narrative of its own. People are talking... [more]
posted by East14thTaco to FanFare on Apr 18 at 1:58 PM
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I liked this! I could nitpick some of the dialogue beats or complain about Michael stopping to indulge in personally meaningful moments while she's racing against the clock to save the universe (again), but I won't; this barely registered on the cringometer. I didn't fast-forward through a conversation a single time. I had fun. I'm not a fan of... [more]
posted by confluency to FanFare on Apr 18 at 1:24 PM
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> 3 got middling reviews and what I've seen does look not great, but I've gotta figure it's still quite a bit better than this film 3 is kind of like what if the Zucker brothers directed a superman movie, only cheaper and with worse special effects. It's the one where Superman becomes a jerk and grows a beard, and tears open an oil tanker... [more]
posted by dis_integration to FanFare on Apr 23 at 7:29 PM
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I have yet to regret a single moment spent with Mike Leigh and I deeply appreciate the actors who have worked with him across multiple projects, Timothy Spall stands out but Broadbent and Thewlis.. loving it. And Steadman and Horrocks?? I have seen this film but it has been so long that watching it again would be its own reward. [view]
posted by elkevelvet to FanFare on Apr 22 at 11:54 AM
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‘Fallout’ Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon (Deadline Hollywood Article). [view]
posted by Pong74LS to FanFare on Apr 21 at 4:57 AM
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And yes, I know exactly the kind of memories I just unleashed on people who grew up in an Evangelical Christian home in the late 20th Century. I was one of you, too. So uh, you're welcome and I'm sorry. [view]
posted by DirtyOldTown to FanFare on Apr 19 at 2:48 PM
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Christopher Reeve will always be my Superman, and this was such a sad send-off for the character and the franchise. I remember seeing the opening credits when I was a kid and thinking, "This looks... cheap." Like, the other movies had those awesome credits with the words whooshing around (dated as hell now, admittedly, but they were... [more]
posted by Ursula Hitler to FanFare on Apr 23 at 4:24 PM
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I’m really hoping that live-action Kallus shows up in the next season of Andor, even as a background character. [view]
posted by 1970s Antihero to FanFare on Apr 19 at 3:29 PM
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